Director of Financial Administration, 80-100 %

The Finance Department of the City of Zürich acts as a cross-cutting organization, managing the departments of Finance, Human Resources Management, IT, Real Estate, Taxes, and Housing Promotion. It thus plays a decisive role in shaping the future of the City of Zürich as an attractive residential, working, and economic location. Due to the health-related resignation of the Director per spring 2027, we are looking for a successor for the Financial Administration service department.

Tasks ##

• Management of the service department as well as its professional, business, and digital further development
• Overall responsibility for the central financial and steering tasks of the city (financial and task planning, budget, annual accounts, financial controlling).
• Ensuring sustainable and forward-looking financial planning.
• Development of strategic decision-making bases for the City Council, Municipal Council, and other political bodies, as well as co-shaping municipal financial policy.
• Leadership of the executive management and the directly subordinate employees, as well as responsibility as the hiring authority for approximately 50 employees.

Profile ##

• Completed university degree (UNI/ETH) in Business Administration or Economics, supplemented by further training in leadership and management, public finance, and digitalization
• Comprehensive financial and strategic competence as well as strong analytical and conceptual skills
• Several years of proven leadership experience and the ability to develop an organization strategically and in a future-oriented manner
• Sound understanding of political processes, experience in collaborating with political authorities
• Convincing communication, negotiation, and representation competence as well as a confident appearance

We offer ##

• demanding and exciting leadership task in a dynamic and wide-ranging environment
• an appreciative working atmosphere
• diverse further training opportunities
• very good employment conditions (social benefits)
• workplace in the center of Zürich (near Stauffacher) with the possibility to work from home

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About us ##

The variety of tasks of the city administration is unique and extends to all matters of life (education, health, environment, housing, culture, transport, and much more). In addition to advising and supporting all areas of the city's tasks on financial topics, we prepare the financial planning, the city-wide budget, and the consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we are responsible for payment transactions, participation management, procurement, as well as risk and insurance management.

Interested? ##

The mandate is managed by Jörg Lienert AG. Please send your complete application documents to: zuerich@joerg-lienert.ch. For questions, contact JLAG, Remo Burkart, Head of Zürich Branch, telephone +41 43 499 40 00, or Martin Luchsinger, Department Secretary, (Stadt Zürich, Finanzdepartement) telephone +41 44 412 32 41.

Reference No.: 51758

Working for the city ##

Working for the city

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